PCI-E 2.0

[bazookaworm]

I knew when they first introduced PCI-E 2.0, it didn't offer much of a performance difference with our video cards. But it's been awhile now, and im wondering if the high end cards will now be limited by the standard PCI-E x16? Is it still worth it to be using a P35 with a high end GPU?

thanks

 

[BLARGEL]

pci 2.0 gives you a slight boost but youll still be rolling fine ill but it in example on my pci2.0 i get around 35 fps and my friend with pci gets 25 fps in the nurian tech demo

 

[crawlgsx]

p35 is more than fine for a PCI2.0 card (p35 is PCIX1.0).

I just upgraded to a p45 and there was no gain to be seen at at all (PCIx2.0)

I've also compared directly with a friend with several video cards and there was no gain to be seen.

I have the 4870 X2.

 

[eastpetersen]

I think the main gain for PCI-E 2.0 was in multiple card setups, because it featured full pcie1.0 bandwidth for multiple cards.

 

[Valset]

I knew when they first introduced PCI-E 2.0, it didn't offer much of a performance difference with our video cards. But it's been awhile now, and im wondering if the high end cards will now be limited by the standard PCI-E x16? Is it still worth it to be using a P35 with a high end GPU?

thanks

not worth upgrading for if that is what your asking. as most high end cards have at least 512mb now it just isn't as important. There are only a handful of games that see any benefit in using it an its marginal